Microsoft confirms Windows 10 S will no longer be a dedicated operating system and will become a “mode” of Windows 10 in 2019
Windows 10 S will no longer be a dedicated version next year — Microsoft says its plans to move Windows 10 S from a dedicated operating system to a special …
BlackBerry is suing Facebook, alleging that many of Facebook's messaging services infringe on BlackBerry patents, seeks injunctive relief and damages
BlackBerry is suing Facebook for patent infringement on its legacy messaging service, the company said Tuesday.
US national security panel, CFIUS, calls for full investigation of Broadcom's bid for Qualcomm as tech companies are increasingly caught in US-China rivalry
WASHINGTON — As the United States and China look to protect their national security needs and economic interests …
Amazon launches a low-cost version of Prime at $5.99 per month for qualifying recipients of Medicaid
Amazon announced this morning it will offer a low-cost version of its Prime membership program to qualifying recipients of Medicaid. The program will bring the cost of Prime …
Researchers find bug in Exim message transfer tool that allows remote code execution, affecting up to 400K servers
Widely used message transfer agent patched buffer overflow last month. — A bug in an obscure but widely used email program may be putting as many as 400,000 servers around …
Magic Leap raises an additional $461M from the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, on top of its $502M round in October, bringing total Series D funding to $963M
Magic Leap still hasn't released a product, but they're continuing to raise a lot of cash to get there.
Broadcom pledged its committment to R&D spending to keep the US at the forefront of 5G, says it would create a $1.5B investment fund to train US engineers
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Researchers show how hackers with physical access could install malware by bypassing the lock protection on Windows machines using Cortana voice commands
Two independent Israeli researchers found a way for an attacker to bypass the lock protection on Windows machines and install malware by using voice commands directed at Cortana.
Coinbase's new asset management unit unveils market cap-weighted index fund for all digital assets on GDAX, available to accredited US investors in a few months
When you're the runaway leader in a growing industry, you typically have two opinions: A) Stay in your lane and let other companies pop …
Study of data collection by Facebook's Onavo Protect app for iOS: total WiFi and cellular data usage in bytes is sent even when VPN is turned off
Recent media coverage of Onavo Protect encouraged me to investigate the code for the iOS version of their app.
A consortium of 61 Japanese banks plans to use Ripple's blockchain technology for a consumer payments app, starting with a trial in three banks in autumn 2018
A group of Japanese banks is planning to use Ripple's blockchain-based payments technology in a forthcoming product aimed at general consumers.
Facebook adds video chat to its Messenger Lite app for Android, says there were 17B video chats in Messenger in 2017, twice as many as in 2016
Today we're thrilled to introduce video chat in Messenger Lite, a slimmed down version of Messenger for Android that offers the core features …
Techmeme announces Techmeme Ride Home podcast hosted by Internet History Podcast's Brian McCullough, summarizing tech news every weekday at 5pm ET
It's hosted by Brian McCullough, creator of the Internet History Podcast. — The favorite website of many a techie is jumping on the podcasting bandwagon.
UK-based mobile-only Atom Bank raises $206M led by Spanish bank BBVA, which now has a 39% share of the bank
Atom Bank, the startup based out of Durham, England that operates a mobile-only bank targeting consumers between the ages of 18 and 34, has raised another big round of funding.
UK government says it will examine driving laws over the next three years to prepare for self-driving cars
In 2021 the UK government intends the country to be well on its way to a driverless future. — No, not a cheap joke about Brexit — yesterday it announced a three-year regulatory review to …
Ookla says tests show average speed of 504Mbps down and 42.7Mbps up at one cell site in New York City with T-Mobile's Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) technology
T-Mobile is now boosting LTE download speeds to over 500Mbps by using Licensed Assisted Access (LAA) in New York City …
NYT journalist Farhad Manjoo spent nearly two months relying solely on print for his news and concluded that digital has broken how we process information
I first got news of the school shooting in Parkland, Fla., via an alert on my watch. Even though I had turned off news notifications months ago … Tweets: @fmanjoo , @mattdpearce , @brianstelter , @be...
London-based Snyk, which makes tools to help developers fix vulnerabilities in open source code, raises $7M Series A and says it has 350K monthly downloads
Open source libraries provide a tremendously valuable resource for developers, but in today's rapid fire application development environment …
Toronto-based smart thermostat maker Ecobee raises $62M Series C led by Energy Impact Partners with participation from Amazon's Alexa Fund
- Energy Impact Partners and Amazon Alexa Fund are among the investors in a $62 million round of funding for Ecobee.
Amazon's AWS and VMware partner to bring VMware Cloud for AWS to European customers; VMware also announces new features to manage its data centers
VMware unveiled the latest step in its evolving partnership with Amazon Web Services Wednesday, bringing the VMware Cloud for AWS …
Apple confirms it will stop taking submissions for iTunes LPs, with bundled items like videos or bonus tracks, as of this month; existing LPs will be available
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Netflix's Chief Product Officer Greg Peters says the platform's 117M members streamed to 450M individual devices in the last month
Netflix's 117 million subscriber base streamed to 450 million individual devices in the last month, mostly TVs, the company's product chief said.
Whoop, a Boston-based biometrics-monitoring wristband startup, raises $25M Series C led by UAE71 Capital, has raised ~$50M total to date
Whoop took a different approach to try and break into the crowded wearable device market: Start by winning over professional athletes, then gradually expand sales to a wider array of consumers.
Google Home devices in the UK support hands-free calling over WiFi in the latest firmware update, use Voice Match to call correct contact
Oliver Cragg / Android Authority :
S&P Global buys Kensho Technologies, which provides AI, data analytics, and machine learning technologies for Wall Street firms, for $550M
Jeff Engel / Xconomy :
Google says it's bringing Lens, its Assistant-powered image recognition tool, to all Android phones with Google Photos installed; timeline for iOS debut unknown
Ashley Carman / The Verge :
After 18 years at Amazon, VP of Amazon Prime and delivery experience Greg Greeley joins Airbnb with the title President of Homes, reporting to CEO Brian Chesky
Deirdre Bosa / CNBC :
Microsoft says it's switching its Cortana prompt from “Hey Cortana” to just “Cortana”, in a style similar to Amazon's Alexa
Tom Warren / The Verge :
Changes to Android P source code show Google is likely adding support for using phone as a Bluetooth keyboard or mouse
Mishaal Rahman / XDA Developers :
Google unveils 72-qubit Bristlecone processor as a new research testbed, which isn't yet faster than a classical chip, as it races to claim “quantum supremacy”
Richard Chirgwin / The Register :
Voicera, a startup that uses AI to automatically gain insights from meetings, raises $20M Series A led by e.ventures
Ron Miller / TechCrunch :
EFF FOIA suit findings: FBI relationship with Best Buy's Geek Squad dates back 10+ years; staff would tip FBI on unlawful customer data, in some cases be paid
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Rep. David Cicilline says he plans to introduce a bill with antitrust exemption for publishers, letting them negotiate collectively with Google and Facebook
ON STAGE AT a tech conference last month, Campbell Brown, Facebook's head of news partnerships, fired a warning shot to publishers who think they get a raw deal from Facebook. Tweets: @scottthurm , @a...
US Treasury's FinCEN says in letter that its rules apply to those who sell convertible virtual currency including developers and exchanges running ICOs
new from @valkenburgh and a critical read for anyone interested in ICOs http://coincenter.org/...
Brokerage firms say tech firms are helping fuel increased office space demand in smaller European capitals as well as cities like Edinburgh and Kraków
Shefali Anand / Wall Street Journal : Tweets: @burghdiaspora and @nnovick Tweets: James M. Russell / @burghdiaspora : Convergence, not divergence: “New Tech Centers Sprout in Europe...Lisbon, Kraków,...
Profile of cybersecurity researcher Marcus Hutchins, who helped stop WannaCry and has a pending trial in the US for allegedly selling the Kronos banking trojan
Reeves Wiedeman / New York Magazine : Tweets: @thesignoffive , @nymag , @lorenzofb , @z_everson , and @mllelicious Tweets: @thesignoffive : “The FBI took everything from me,” Hutchins said, “My job, ...
China's protectionist policies helped create Chinese tech billionaires, which compels and incentivizes them to work closely with the Chinese government
Shelly Banjo / Bloomberg : Tweets: @greatfirechina , @economics , and @pelstrom . Thanks: @pelstrom Tweets: @greatfirechina : “To maintain control, the government knows it has to keep tech companies ...
ELSA, a SF-based startup whose AI language learning platform teaches how to speak English and has a few million users in 100+ countries, raises $3.2M pre-A
Sarah Perez / TechCrunch :
Source: Uber has burned $10.7B total so far, making its losses worse than tech giants when they had same market cap; revenue lags firms with similar market cap
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